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Organize Your Home

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

If you have lived in your home for several years, you know how fast things can accumulate and how easy it is to lose track of where they are. We have lived in our current home for almost 25 years, and have been married for over 40 years. We have lived in our current home for almost 25 years, and have been married for over 40 years.

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Growing up in the 1950?s

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Growing up in the fifties made me everlastingly grateful for a number of things, such as hot running water, central air conditioning, automatic dishwashers, TV remote control, the internet, personal computers (typewriters really sucked – no backspacing!), The average home size in America was around 1100 square feet. Conveniences.

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How To Organize A Project

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Have you ever had a big project to do – whether it was at home, at work, for volunteer purposes, or for school – for which you had no idea what the first step should be? Organizing Your Computer A while ago, in class, us students were sitting there waiting for the instructor to boot up his computer. Yeah, I have a lot of times.

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Have Movie Night with the Epson MegaPlex MG-50 Easy Home Theater LCD Projector

Nicoles Nickels

I remember as a kid watching home movies on a large screen at my parents and wanting to watch a regular movie on it like in the theater. It’s a great way to give kids a movie theater experience at home. The garage door also provides an outdoor arena for watching! I received the projector to review. All opinions are my own.

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Four Easy Ways to Save on Basic Necessities

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

We all need to eat on a daily basis, but you can cut back on your dining budget by eating at home. Most restaurant-style meals are easy to prepare at home at a fraction of the cost, and you are able to control what ingredients are included. When cooking at home, try to reduce meat consumption to save money.

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Stuff – Full Circle

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Books, trendy clothes, dorm stuff, maybe a car, a computer and more are all on the hunt list. But, because we leave behind the accumulated stuff in our parent’s household, we really end up with less that we had at home. We leave the nest – move out of Mom and Dad’s well stocked home. Moving to a bigger home.

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Life Tips from Dad

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

He taught himself BASIC in the early 80′s on a Timex Sinclair computer. He bought and learned how to use a Ham radio set, talking with truckers across the country from the basement of our home in the 1950s. He taught himself how to build and built his own garage. He figured out land-lording. He had a house moved.

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